SalishHawkFan
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I've just checked on Carolina's stats. Even in their losses, the last half of the season they've been beastly against the run. Comparing that to their DVOA gives one pause. Overall, their defense is only 15th, but weighted DVOA, which looks at how they've played for the last half of the season, they're 9th. Against the pass, for the season, they are 9th. Now it says that for the season they are 22nd against the run. There is no weighted listing for rush or pass separately, but looking at their games, they've held absolutely everybody to under 100 yds rushing, including Philly to 39, in the last half of the season. Want to guess why their Weighted DVOA jumped up so much? They've been playing very good defensively the last half of the season.
Meanwhile, they've been doing just as the OP said offensively since they've dumped Williams and gone with Stewart: they've been running the ball effectively. Unfortunately for them, we don't allow that, but mobile QB's give us headaches, so expect Newton to get his yards.
Which means we can expect another low scoring, knock down drag out fight like we usually have with these guys. But it's in our house this time so there's that.
Meanwhile, they've been doing just as the OP said offensively since they've dumped Williams and gone with Stewart: they've been running the ball effectively. Unfortunately for them, we don't allow that, but mobile QB's give us headaches, so expect Newton to get his yards.
Which means we can expect another low scoring, knock down drag out fight like we usually have with these guys. But it's in our house this time so there's that.